RPC VI, 6475 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #32

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6475 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ СΛΔ = 234
Dating 231/232
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ϹΕΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σευῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛ(Ε)(Ξ) ΑΜΑϹΙ(ΑϹ) ΜΗΝ (or ΜΗ) Ν(Ε) ΠΡ Π(Ο) ΕΤ ϹΛΔ
Edition Ἁδρ(ιανῆς) Σευ(ηριανῆς) Ἀλεξ(ανδρινῆς) Ἀμασίας μη(τροπόλεως) νε(ωκόρου) πρ(ώτης) Πό(ντου) ἔτ(ους) σλδʹ
Translation of Hadriana Severiana Alexandrina Amasea, metropolis, neocorate, first of Pontus, year 234
Reverse design front view of quadriga driven by a radiate charioteer, holding whip and raising hand; below, eagle facing with spread wings, head left, over an altar; to left, tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 25.14 g
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference Dalaison 614–22, 651
Specimens 35 (3 in the core collections)

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